Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-27
LOCAL BREYTTIES.

| @OASNS Ia hAAel oSStlOH diiilClcu Will lung
fever.
The Cadets, fifty strong, had lively drill
last night at the Armory, under direction
of Colonel Guthrie.
Thomas Gleason, who had his leg badly
fractured some weeks ago, accidentally fell
last evening and broke it over again.
Louis Gerber returned on Monday from
Cottonwood. Shasta county, with 800 fat
beef cattle for the Sacramento market
The musical and literary entertainment
given by the young people of the Christian
Chapel last evening was very successful.
Yesterday afternoon five Chinese were
convicted IN the Police Court of visiting an
opium den. Their fines aggregated $35.
The special meeting of Elk Grove Lodge.
No. 173, F. and A. NJ. announced for this
evening, has been postponed without date.
In Judge Van Fleets Court Yesterday the
case OF q. w. Cavitt VS.. Cardwell, was con-
sldered on motion for new trial and the
motion denied.
David II. Wyckoff, of Company F, at
Woodland, has been appointed Hospital
| Warden on the non commissioned staff of
Colonel Guthrie.
The exercises of the German classes will
take place in the assembly-room of the
Sacramento Grammar School to-day. be-
ginning at AM.
The grading on the railroad from Madi-
son to Capay, in Yolo county, is progress
ing so rapidly that it will be completed to
the latter place this week.
Deputy Sheriff Rider, of San Francisco,
lodged James Bracken in the station house
last night. He is on his way to Folsom to
serve five years for burglary.
The steamer Modoc arrived early yester-
day morning from the Bay, heavily loaded.
She was an hour late in leaving, owing to
the great amount of freight to be put
aboard.
The Governor has appointed Notaries
Public as follows: J. L. Campbell, L. ].
Wilson, San Bernardino; r. A Simpson,
Ferndale; A. J. Hull, Napa; A NJ.
Church, Oakland.
The Government Railroad Inspectors ar
rived in this city yesterday. They were
two days inspecting the track and bridges
between this point and Truckee. They
expect to reach San Francisco Friday
Yesterday afternoon a man, evidently
under the influence of liquor, was abusing
small saddle horse on l street in shame
ful manner. He deserved arrest for abuse
of animals, but unfortunately no officer
was present.
A stray boy, Eddie Cooper, who SAYS he
is from Los Angeles, and has an uncle in
San Francisco, a lawyer, whose name is L.
Hurn, is now in this city. and can be found
by inquiring of Captain Karcher, at police
headquarters.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was 750, which is 40 warmer than
the normal temperature for that day. The
| highest and lowest temperature was $50
and $50, with gentle to fresh southerly
winds and clear weather
AT recent meeting of the State Board
OF Agriculture Barton & Bell were awarded
| the restaurant. ice cream, soda water and
cider privileges and A. J. Johnston &; Co.
the exclusive right to publish the State
Fair paper in the Pavilion.
Bids for the supply of meat bread and
| groceries to the County Hospital will be
received and opened by the Board of Su-
pervisors on Wednesday, August Sd, for
three months from that date, to be deliy-
cred at the hospital grounds.
| State Prison Director Filcher came down
from Auburn yesterday. In speaking of
Placer county prospects he says that this
season they have more and better fruit
than ever before, and that it has q greater
demand and brings better prices.
Henry Meyer, of the Metropolitan cigar
store, met with curious and rather serious
accident yesterday while attempting to ill
lighted cigar-liabter with alcohol. An
| explosion took place, causing a general
stampede of bystanders. Mr. Meyer was
burned on the wrist and face.
c. f. Adams, hay and feed dealer on ]
street, between Seventh and Eighth, is
erecting frame building, 44x40, one story
| high, on j street, between Eleventh and
| Twelfth, for a feed and hay store. Mr..
Adams will remove his business to the
building as soon as it is completed. The
cost of the building is about 81 500.
D. ]. Simmons, the well-known auction
| eer of this city, made bet that he could
| sell one hundred lots of merchandise an
| hour. In recent sale he performed the
/ task of selling 291 lots in two hours and
thirteen minutes, thereby winning the
wager and having lots of time to spare.
The flag on l. o. o. F. Hall was at half
mast yesterday, out of respect to the
memory of J. f. W. Maier, an old and re-
| spected citizen, who died Sunday. De-
ceased was a German. and came to this city
] in 1858, The funerel was largely attended
| by members of both the Masonic and |. O.
| o. f. fraternites.
| The Examiner reports that the Superin-
tendent of Schools in San Francisco has re-
| fused to sign the acquisitions of retail deal
| ers for supplies of State textbooks, and
will not do so until the books ordered bv
him for the city is filled This seems a
| strange proceeding in view of the fact that
the law is a plain one, giving dealers the
handling of the books when they comply
with the law.
Our neighboring town of Woodland must
| be all astir, judging from the excitement
| depicted in the countenance of we'll
known jeweler from there, who drove over
in a cart yesterday to buy diamond
wedding ring. 50 l tell you, sir said Mr..
| Wiedernicht 81 must have it and get back
| by 5 P. NJ, or the wedding can't go on At
last accounts he was crossing the tules at
| the rate of twelve miles an hour
| Ex-RailrOad Commissioner G. J. Carpen-
| ter spent yesterday looking around Sacfa-
mento. He was pleased with the rapid and
substantial improvements going up on
| every hand and prophesied that in q very
short line real estate here would be more
| valuable than in any other inland city of
| the State. 1t is the trade center of the best
| pertioliof the State, and the very best place
upon the coast for investment. He says Ell
| Dorado county is booming, and the ad-
mirable fruit lands in that delightful foot
hill section are rapidly being settled upon
and improved.
| Detective Cone has just finished restoring
the noted hay fork swindle notes, taken by
| Pritchard from the farmers in Colusa and
| the surrounding country. Last week, when
Mr.. Cone returned from San Diego, he
brought with him five notes, which Pritch-
ard delivered up, each for $500. and signed
respectively by A. Herring, of Gridley R.
E. Moore, of Biggs; C. B. Hughes, of
| Chico; Mr.. Boyes, of Marysville, and Mr.
Weber, of Live Oak. 1t will be remem-
bered that Pritchard was the executive
member of the Jones, Coulter & Pritchard
combination that swindled number of
Yolo county farmers, and afterwards dis
gorged their ill-gotten gains.
| Mr.. Cooper addressed the Police Court
yesterday morning on the subject of bust
ness houses removing all boxes and cases
in which goods are shipped from the side
walks. lie claimed that such things were
legitimate merchandise, and were appro-
pirate advertising. He thought that if the
city was to be doomed, it was proper that
business men should have the privilege of
giving their places an air of business.
There is, no doubt, something in the sug-
gestion made by Mr. Cooper. The appear
ance of goods going out and coming in re-
| lieves the city of that Sunday like appear
| ance which is not conducive to business
enterprise. But, then, the officers do right
in an forni,,r he 1ou